The Palestinian Authority will hand the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to U.S. authorities for forensic examination, a Palestinian official said on Saturday.

"We agreed to transfer the bullet to the Americans for examination," said Akram al-Khatib, general prosecutor for the Palestinian Authority.

Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in the northern occupied West Bank on May 11.

(With input from Reuters)